diff --git a/janusgraph-cassandra/pom.xml b/janusgraph-cassandra/pom.xml
index 97a765274..6679555ff 100644
--- a/janusgraph-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/janusgraph-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.2</version>
+            <version>1.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- End logging backends. -->
         <dependency>